Hyderabad: Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) has developed eight new varieties of crops and they have been approved by a competent committee yesterday.
According to a media report, the crop varieties – Three rice varieties and one each in sorghum, redgram, groundnut, sesame and cotton – have been approved by the 2nd State Varietal Release Committee (SVRC) 2019 at the meeting organised in the Secretariat yesterday.
PJTSAU has developed high-yielding varieties in different crops for the benefit of Telangana farmers through intensive research, said a release.
The release added that through continuous activity to deal with rectification of defects in existing varieties besides increasing the yield potential or sustainable agriculture are carried out in the research.
It is to be noted that the university had released 13 high yielding varieties through 1st SVRC in different crops in 2015.